Clinical Updates

Researchers in South Africa and elsewhere are investigating whether taking AIDS drugs daily can prevent HIV infection among high-risk gay… »   

Viagra, a popular anti-impotence pill, may help some women on antidepressants have better sex, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

A once-a-day pill significantly shrank tumors in men with advanced prostate cancer who had not responded to other treatments, researchers… »   

Taking the epilepsy drug topiramate alone or along with other epilepsy drugs during pregnancy may increase the risk of birth… »   

Long-term users of so-called tricyclic antidepressants are at increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), new research confirms.

“We… »   

A review of previous studies indicates that the seizure drug pregabalin (Lyrica) is safe and effective for relieving diabetic neuropathy,… »   

Individuals who experience the physical, mental and social symptoms associated with alcohol dependence are offered hope through the results of… »   

After soliciting and considering broad input from the scientific and HIV advocacy communities, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious… »   

Amgen Inc on Monday said that a trial of its experimental drug denosumab showed that it can prevent osteoporosis in… »   

U.S. drug reviewers have “several major concerns” about the effectiveness data supplied by Johnson & Johnson in a bid… »   

A regimen that integrates treatments for high blood pressure (hypertension) and depression is better than the usual care for improving… »   

Come next year, doctors may start to see a problem they’ve yet to experience—a pen shortage.

New guidelines… »   

U.S. regulators will change the way they tell drugmakers that their medicines are not ready to be approved, the Food… »   

Prolonged use of Fosamax, also referred to by the generic name bisphosphonate alendronate, may increase the risk of fractures of… »   

Dementia is one of the major challenges of the 21st century due to the enormous burden these disorders impose on… »